Section 53: Your Annual Leave and Public Holiday Rights
53.Annual leave and public holidays
(1)Subject to the provisions of this section—
(a)an employee shall, once in very calendar year, be entitled to a holiday with full pay at the rate of seven days in respect of each period of a continuous four months' service, to be taken at such time during such calendar year as may be agreed between the parties; and
(b)an employee shall be entitled to a day's holiday with full pay on every public holiday during his or her employment or, where he or she works for his or her employer on a public holiday, to a day's holiday with full pay at the expense of the employer on some other day that would otherwise be a day of work.
(2)Where an employee who works on a public holiday receives, in respect of such work, pay at not less than double the rate payable for work on a day that is not a public holiday, that employee shall not be entitled to a day's holiday with full pay in lieu of the public holiday.
(3)Subject to subsection (2), any agreement to relinquish the right to the minimum annual holiday as prescribed in this section, or to forego such a holiday, for compensation or otherwise, shall be null and void.
(4)This section shall apply only to employees—
(a)who have performed continuous service for their employer for a minimum period of six months;
(b)who normally work under a contract of service for sixteen hours a week or more.
(5)An employee is entitled to receive, upon termination of employment, a holiday with pay proportionate to the length of service for which he or she has not received such a holiday, or compensation in lieu of the holiday.
Plain English Summary
You have the right to annual leave with full pay. For every four months you work continuously, you earn seven days of leave. You also get every public...
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